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Idea #20703: Empathy logs should be in an "empathy" folder (like pidgin) in karmic

bug This idea was marked as implemented the 28 July 09.
Written by israelihawk the 16 Jul 09 at 21:49. Category: Internet & Networking. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: Implemented
Rationale
After installing Empathy in Jaunty, 9.04, i found out (through this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1163726) that the log files aren't located plainly in an 'empathy' folder, making it nearly impossible for the end-user to find..

Secondly, the logs aren't readable as in pidgin.. but that's another story.. (actually a bug)
Tags: Empathy logs


Developer comments
This has been implemented upstream to follow the XDG guidelines: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494007

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Selected solution (#1): Create specific empathy folder
Written by israelihawk the 16 Jul 09 at 21:49.
Just like pidgin (although it's written as 'purple') and any other software installed within the system, there should be a '.folder' in the home folder, including all the files needed, and NOT in '.gnome2' folder..

An 'empathy' folder and a direct link to the logs folder through empathy itself ('file-->logs folder' or something) will help the end-users around us (and even some experienced ones, such as myself) find things around..

Regards.
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Selected solution (#2): Move ALL the "configuration" directories to .gnome2
Written by Rodrigo the 18 Jul 09 at 08:07.
In order to arrange the files inside the home directory it could be easier to arrange them in the same way as the main directory is. In the case of empathy it would be:
.gnome2/internet/empathy
that way it could be quite easy to locate the config files, and when coping the config files to another pc, its all in the same place.
41
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Selected solution (#3): Move all configuration directories to .config
Written by andruk the 18 Jul 09 at 08:34.
Like they should be according the the freedesktop.org *standard*.

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ushimitsudoki wrote on the 19 Jul 09 at 05:56
I'm sure you have heard me say it before, but +1 to sticking with the freedesktop.org standards where possible.

McIvor wrote on the 20 Jul 09 at 23:04
#5 is a good idea, but I'm not sure it applies to this particular problem.
I wonder, couldn't we do both #1 and #4? By which I mean we store the files in the configuration directory, like always, but provide a symlink in the Documents folder to make it easier to find? Like how on the LiveCD there is an Examples folder on the desktop, this is actually stored somewhere else (/usr I believe, but I'm not sure off the top of my head).

israelihawk wrote on the 24 Jul 09 at 08:34
i have to admit i never expected this to be thumbed up.. nor to be implemented :) !

thanks a lot everyone..! i won't stop myself from posting ideas from now on..

HackNSlash wrote on the 14 Aug 09 at 20:54
There should be a check box in the preferences menu, as in most other chat applications. So you can enable/disable chat logs. My computer gets so full of junk I don't need or want to save chat logs ever.

Thank you.

GeekPete wrote on the 27 Apr 10 at 23:57
Not having control over disabling chat logs might have privacy implications. Should definitely be configurable as to where they're stored. With Pidgin, I can specify my entire profile config dir is on my portable drive. That allows me to use a portable drive in windows or linux and on different computers, all the while storing my chat history in a single place.

This would be cool to be able to configure with empathy.


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